To override the Content-type in your clients, use the HTTP Accept Header, append the .xml suffix or ?format=xml
HTTP + XML
The following are sample HTTP requests and responses.
The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.
POST /api/measurements/definition/search HTTP/1.1
Host: mdn.bazefield.com
Accept: application/xml
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<ReadMeasurementDefinition xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/BazeField.Measurements.WebService">
<ClientRequestHandle>String</ClientRequestHandle>
<Keys xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d2p1:string>String</d2p1:string>
</Keys>
<MaxResults>0</MaxResults>
</ReadMeasurementDefinition>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<ReadMeasurementDefinitionReplyList xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/BazeField.Historian.DataServices">
<definitions>
<MeasurementDefinition>
<attributes>String</attributes>
<description>String</description>
<driverSource>String</driverSource>
<error>String</error>
<euFullScale>0</euFullScale>
<euZeroScale>0</euZeroScale>
<measurementId>0</measurementId>
<name>String</name>
<orignalName>String</orignalName>
<parameterTypeId>0</parameterTypeId>
<relatedMeasurementId>0</relatedMeasurementId>
<systemAttributes>String</systemAttributes>
<tagStatus>String</tagStatus>
<unit>String</unit>
</MeasurementDefinition>
</definitions>
<replyInfo xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Bazefield.WebService.Common">
<d2p1:ClientRequestHandle>String</d2p1:ClientRequestHandle>
<d2p1:Error>String</d2p1:Error>
<d2p1:RcvTime>0</d2p1:RcvTime>
<d2p1:ReplyTime>0</d2p1:ReplyTime>
</replyInfo>
</ReadMeasurementDefinitionReplyList>